1,8% inflation was registered in Armenia in December 2010 compared to November.
As reported by the National Statistical Service, the inflation rate was conditioned by the 3,4% rise in prices for food items (including alcoholic beverages and tobacco). At that, prices for nonfoods went up 0,1% in the reporting period.
The index of consumer prices in December 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 totaled 109,4%.
The prices for foodstuffs went up 14%.